Job Opportunity for Assistant Manager, Education (Masti Ki Pathshala) at Tata Steel Foundation in Jamshedpur

WHO ARE WE: Instituted on August 16, 2016, Tata Steel Foundation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Steel Limited. A Section 8 company with over 800+ members, it is spread across 11 units and two states of Jharkhand and Odisha. With a vision to create an enlightened and equitable society, the Foundation is committed to playing a larger role in India’s sustainable development by embedding wider economic, social, and environmental objectives through its programmes. It works across verticals like education, health, tribal identity, and skill development, and each of its initiatives has been classified under Signature Programmes and Proximity Community Development (PCDs).

ENGAGEMENT TERMS: Fixed-term Contract assignment on a yearly renewal basis

MASTI KI PATHSHALA

A) Background: Masti ki Pathshala was initiated in 2016 with an aim to bring these street and homeless children out of the worst forms of child labour and into the fold of education. In August 2016, Tata Steel, in collaboration with Tinplate Company of India Limited, set up its first Residential Bridge Course called Masti Ki Pathshala (School of fun) to bring a new direction in the lives of street children. Tata Steel Foundation has identified education as the most potent tool to effect positive change in the lives of these disadvantaged children and thus conceptualized Masti Ki Pathshala .

B) Key Deliverables:

• Community mobilization through liasoning with various stakeholder groups (including vulnerable children groups) to attain CLFZ in and around the periphery of Jamshedpur.
• Survey out-of-school children and enrol them in Non-Residential Bridge Courses (NRBC) and
• Residential Bridge Courses centers with the aim to provide Right to Education (RTE) in private and government schools.
• Monitoring of proper functioning of NRBCs & RBCs & other new initiatives under Masti ki Pathshala programme.
• Handle all kinds of emergency situations arising at the RBC centers (Runaway cases, Medical Emergency, Lost, Fire, Electric shock, Fall from height, etc) in coordination with parents, Reporting manager & team.
• Prepare and manage MIS of the programme related data & its documentation w.r.t. all activities carried out and maintain record of the child’s progress.
• Admitting children in age-appropriate class to attain Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) as per NEP guidelines.

Minimum Qualification: Graduate, Preferably B.Ed / BSW. Those with MSW / M.Ed shall be given additional weightage

Minimum No. of years of experience: 3 years & above

Behavioral Skill-sets:

– Aligned to the TATA & TSF Values (Integrity, Responsibility, Excellence, Pioneering, Unity & Respect)

– Interact positively with the community, and team members

– Ability to engage across stakeholder groups, peers, and communities

– Self-Motivated, Result oriented, Sensitive to cultures & diversity (genders, persons with disabilities, disadvantaged communities, etc.)

– Detail-oriented, proactive, conflict management, perseverance

– Strong inter-personal skills and collaborative approach

Technical Skill-sets:

– Knowledge of RTE & Elementary Education System (K-12 would be preferable)

– Project Planning, Management, Monitoring and Evaluation

– Digital ability is a must; Adept in computer literacy, dexterous with MS-Office

– Good language and communication skills; read-speak-write English & Hindi